| Vulpavus
early to middle Eocene | |
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| Skeleton of Vulpavus ovatus at the American Museum of Natural History | |
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| Life restoration of V. ovatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Pan-Carnivora |
| Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
| Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
| Genus: | †Vulpavus Marsh, 1871 |
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| †Vulpavus palustris Marsh, 1871 | |
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Vulpavus ("ancestor of foxes") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.[9][10]
The phylogenetic relationships of genus Vulpavus are shown in the following cladogram:[11][12][13][14]
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(Carnivora [sensu lato])
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